I think you mean Shel Silverstein, nilesgirl. He wrote the book Where the Sidewalk Ends. The movie Where the Sidewalk Ends (unless there's one of the Silverstein book that I don't know about) is a 50s noir film directed by Otto Preminger.

Yes, Critical, Otto Preminger... a wonderful director, I have seen a lot of his films, they have such a gritty edge to them and of course they should especially in film noir.

I'm really into buying TV shows on DVD at the moment. Quite recently, I bought the ninth and final season of The X-Files, making my collection complete. I watch the episodes obsessively; I just can't seem to get enough of elaborate conspiracy theories, aliens, monsters, vampires, and Mulder and Scully's unmistakable but hardly ever addressed sexual chemistry. Since I love all things Chris Carter, I also bought the first season of Millennium. It's darker, gloomier and more disturbing than The X-Files but I love it and can't wait to buy the other two seasons. I'm also thinking of getting The O.C., Scrubs, Freaks and Geeks and Carnivale on DVD. Aside from the DVDs mentioned above, I already own season one of Twin Peaks (when, oh when, will the second season come out?), season 1-3 of Seinfeld, season one and two of The Office (The British version) and several seasons of The Simpsons. Am I the only one who thinks that TV series are best enjoyed on DVD? I love being able to watch as many episodes as I like back to back without being annoyed by commercial breaks.

As for movies, I usually only buy ones that I know I'll watch more than once. I'd love to have a more extensive DVD library, but I tend to stick with what I know. Consequently, my DVD collection mainly consists of David Lynch movies and old high school movies from the 1980's starring Molly Ringwald or John Cusack. I will, however, buy I Walk the Line when I find the time. It's one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and I know that I'll watch it over and over again.

I forgot to mention King Kong. I've also reserved my copies of The Producers and the Special Edition 2 Disc DVD of The Little Mermaid. I have several other movies but I've had them for a while.
Here is a list of my entire collection so far:
All 3 Aladdins
Annie
Apollo 13
Batman Begins
Beauty & The Beast
Brother Bear
Butterfly Effect
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Chicago
Christmas Story
Chronicles of Narnia
Clue
Dirty Dancing
Dukes of Hazzard (Christmas present)
ET
Both Final Destination movies
Finding Nemo
Friends Season 1
Gangs of New York
Gladiator
Gone With The Wind
Both Grease movies
All 4 Harry Potters
Hello Dolly
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey)
Jesus of Nazareth
Kangaroo Jack
King Kong
Left Behind
Lilo & Stitch
Lion King
All 3 LOTR
LOST Season 1
Madagascar
Man In The Iron Mask
Man On The Moon (Jim Carrey)
Matrix collection
Monsters, Inc.
Mulan
Muppets Take Manhattan
The Outsiders
Phantom of The Opera
Pirates of The Caribbean
Polar Express
Prince of Egypt
Rocky Marciano (I'm best friends with his nephews)
Both Santa Clause movies
Scooby-Doo
Scorpion King
All 3 Screams
Selena
Shrek
Silk Stalkings Seasons 1-3
Sound of Music
Spaceballs
Spider Man
Complete Collection of Star Wars
Tarzan
That 70's Show Seasons 1 & 2
Titanic
Both Toy Story movies
Tron (my husband insisted)
21 Jump Street Season 1
Willy Wonka
and Wizard of Oz

Hurley: (holding up a Jesus statue) I don't know. I thought there might be a prowler or something.
Mrs. Reyes: (grabbing the statue) Jesus Christ is not a weapon! - LOST "There's No Place Like Home Pt. 1

Hurley: (holding up a Jesus statue) I don't know. I thought there might be a prowler or something.
Mrs. Reyes: (grabbing the statue) Jesus Christ is not a weapon! - LOST "There's No Place Like Home Pt. 1

I'm in the process of replacing my vhs tapes with dvds so I just bought Explorers, Necessary Roughness and for mr. gracie The Three Stooges. He loves those. I'm torn on getting King Kong. It's the selection of the month on Columbia House, but I don't know if I want to buy it without seeing it first. I did that with Collateral and didn't watch it for a couple of months after I bought it. Not too bad especially since Mr. Cruise died at the end.